52nd Annual Meeting Student Speaker and Poster Awards:

This years annual meeting in Wellington was held in conjunction with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Prizes were awarded for both student posters and oral presentations from both represented societies.

NZMS Posters

1st: Kelvin Lau
Microarray Analysis Of Gene Expression In Two Colony Morphotypes Of Acidovorax temperans.
University of Auckland, School of Biological Sciences

2nd: Vidya Washington
Tracking Population Demographics In A Mixed Species Biofilm Of Stream Bacteria.
University of Auckland, School of Biological Sciences

3rd: Amy Ou Yang
Specificity Of IsdB Expression In Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms.
Faculty of Medical Health Sciences, Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland

 

NZMS presentations

Joint 1st: Anja Hümpel
SigF of Mycobacterium smegmatis, a stress-response sigma factor from a fast-growing mycobacterium.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago

Joint 1st: Amanda Beddek
Investigating the genetic origins of a novel meningococcal strain.
School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University, Wellington & ESR Ltd, Porirua

3rd: Carla Eaton
Role of a stress-activated MAP kinase in the association between the fungal endophyte Epichloë festucae and its grass host.
Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

 

NZSBMB Posters

1st: Christian Linke
Crystal Structure Of The Laminin-binding Protein Lpb Of Streptococcus pyogenes.
Laboratory of Structural Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland

2nd: Anja Wilmes
A Proteomic Approach To Study The Effects Of Peloruside A And Paclitaxel, Two Microtubule Stabilizing Agents.
School of Biological Sciences, Victoria Universoty of Wellington

3rd: Laura Green
The Biological Role Of Nitro- And Quinone Reductases In Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington

 

NZBMB presentation

R.L. Davis
A novel deep intronic mutation causes aberrant mRNA splicing that is corrected by antisense gene therapy.
Molecular Pathology Laboratory, University of Otago

51st Annual Meeting Student Speaker and Poster Awards:

As usual, there were awards made for student presentations and poster prizes offered at this years annual meeting held in Hamilton. The following students were recipients of awards at this years annual meeting:

Presentation Awards:

Jonathan Gauntlett (University of Otago, Dunedin)

Shona Pryor (University of Waikato, Hamilton)

Poster Prizes:

Jeremy Owen (Victoria University of Wellington)

Sarah Addison (SCION, Rotorua)

50th Annual Meeting Student Speaker and Poster Awards:

As usual, there were awards made for student presentations and poster prizes offered at this years annual meeting. This years poster prizes were awarded together with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The following students were recipients of awards at this years annual meeting:

Presentation Awards:

Ruth Wirawan (University of Otago, Dunedin)

Dana Westphal (University of Otago, Dunedin)

Poster Prizes:

Damien Fleetwood (AgResearch, Palmerston North)

Sacha Jordan (Auckland University, Auckland)

Karla Mettrick (University of Otago, Dunedin)

Richard Muirhead (University of Otago, Dunedin)

Pearl Swe (University of Otago, Dunedin)

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